Chapter 4, bit of a short chapter but *shrugs*
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The birthday wasn't even the worst thing Tommy ever did to Michelle. No, no one would believe the worst thing.
Their school was putting on the play Romeo and Juliet. Michelle was super excited and proud of herself when she was cast as Juliet; unfortunately, Mark didn't get to play the role of Romeo, but the guy who did-Michael Barnes- was handsome and wasn't a bad kisser, according to the rumor mill. He wasn't Michelle's type, but it could've been worse.
Today, Michael was coming over to rehearse the suicide scene; Jordan Hancock, who played Friar Lawrence, was also coming, and two extras (they played the people who found Romeo and Juliet).
Michelle climbed the stairs to go put on her costume-an elegant ball gown with a cap and veil that trailed down her back.
A knock sounded as she climbed the stairs, and she heard Tommy answer it as she ducked into her room.
Michelle quickly stripped off her shirt, and she was reaching for her dress when she heard footsteps approaching her door.
"Michelle said to come upstairs," Tommy was saying.
Michelle cursed, and she tried to put the gown on as fast as possible, but the gown was a complicated piece of work, and she hadn't even figured out how to get her arms into it when the door opened.
Michael, Jordan, and the two extras-Paige Sheridan and Luke Caster- got a full view of Michelle standing in her skinny jeans and her bra.
Michael and Jordan-the jerks of the school- began taking pictures with their cell phones while Luke and Paige laughed.
Michelle had begged for them to stop. Those pictures would be all over school tomorrow!
Michelle glared at Tommy as he cackled, and she swore revenge on the demon she called a brother.
A few days before four of her classmates got a view of her bra, Tommy struck Michelle with something that was almost worse.
Michelle was talking with her friends on the edge of the school yard after the bell had rang. They'd left their bags and purses leaning against the fence, and Michelle spotted Tommy standing over by them. She assumed that Tommy's ride-his friend's mom-had cancelled and needed Michelle to walk him home.
After talking with her friends for a minute, they headed for their bags, and Michelle noticed that Tommy was gone. She frowned, wondering where he had gone off to, but she shrugged it off. The less she has to deal with Tommy, the better.
"Where's my jacket?" Stephanie Bernard demanded.
Stephanie had received one of her boyfriend's sports jackets from him the month before, and she almost never took it off. It had gotten extremely hot that day, so she left it beside her bag when the friends began talking.
"No one leaves until we find it," she snarled before grabbing Alea's bag and rifling through it.
"Hey, what's that in Michelle's backpack?" Lily Waters asked.
Stephanie ripped Michelle's backpack off of her shoulders without any warning and pulled out her balled up jacket.
Stephanie's face went red with anger.
Michelle realized what had happened. Tommy had heard Michelle talk about Stephanie and knew she never took off the jacket, so he placed it in Michelle's backpack as an awful prank.
Everyone except for Maggie, Alea, and Ciara turned their back on Michelle. A few days later, Michelle would lose another friend, Alea, due to Tommy's big mouth at her party.
The next day, rumors circulated her school, labeling Michelle as a thief, a bully, and a pathological liar because she tried to pin her crimes on her brother, all of which were lies.
When Michelle told her mother what Tommy did, her mother didn't believe her. No one ever did.
Well, that's the chapter. See you guys next time.